Winterbottom claims race two pole
Ford Performance Racing's Mark Winterbottom followed up his podium finish in race one with pole position for race two of the QueenslandHouseandLand.com 300 at Queensland Raceway
Winterbottom took pole with two minutes remaining in the 20-minute session, just edging out Fujitsu Racing's Jason Bright who took his first front row starting position in nearly three years.
Finishing one-two in race one, Jamie Whincup and James Courtney will start race two from the second row, just ahead of Will Davison and Craig Lowndes who both failed to finish race one. Fabian Coulthard, Russell Ingall, Garth Tander and Steven Richards complete the top ten on the grid.
After finishing fourth in race one, Steven Johnson will have a bit more work to do in race two, starting from 12th position just ahead of Shane van Gisbergen.
Both Garry Rogers cars struggled in the session, Michael Caruso 15th and Lee Holdsworth 17th, as did the Kelly brothers in 18th for Rick and 21st for Todd despite both putting in strong performances in race one.
Pos Driver Car Time 1. Mark Winterbottom Ford Falcon FG 1:10.5290 2. Jason Bright Ford Falcon FG 1:10.5443 + 0.0153 3. Jamie Whincup Ford Falcon FG 1:10.6263 + 0.0973 4. James Courtney Ford Falcon FG 1:10.6583 + 0.1293 5. Will Davison Holden Commodore VE 1:10.6746 + 0.1456 6. Craig Lowndes Ford Falcon FG 1:10.7040 + 0.1750 7. Fabian Coulthard Ford Falcon FG 1:10.7131 + 0.1841 8. Russell Ingall Holden Commodore VE 1:10.7201 + 0.1911 9. Garth Tander Holden Commodore VE 1:10.7442 + 0.2152 10. Steven Richards Ford Falcon FG 1:10.7902 + 0.2612 11. Greg Murphy Holden Commodore VE 1:10.8886 + 0.3596 12. Steven Johnson Ford Falcon FG 1:10.9036 + 0.3746 13. Shane van Gisbergen Ford Falcon FG 1:10.9168 + 0.3878 14. Tim Slade Holden Commodore VE 1:10.9336 + 0.4046 15. Michael Caruso Holden Commodore VE 1:10.9902 + 0.4612 16. Jason Richards Holden Commodore VE 1:10.9914 + 0.4624 17. Lee Holdsworth Holden Commodore VE 1:11.0155 + 0.4865 18. Rick Kelly Holden Commodore VE 1:11.0368 + 0.5078 19. Alex Davison Ford Falcon FG 1:11.0516 + 0.5226 20. Paul Dumbrell Holden Commodore VE 1:11.0697 + 0.5407 21. Todd Kelly Holden Commodore VE 1:11.1382 + 0.6092 22. Tony D'Alberto Holden Commodore VE 1:11.1618 + 0.6328 23. Jason Bargwanna Holden Commodore VE 1:11.3698 + 0.8408 24. Cameron McConville Holden Commodore VE 1:11.4389 + 0.9099 25. David Reynolds Holden Commodore VE 1:11.4585 + 0.9295 26. Michael Patrizi Ford Falcon BF 1:11.5516 + 1.0226 27. Jack Perkins Holden Commodore VE 1:11.6149 + 1.0859 28. Dean Fiore Holden Commodore VE 1:11.6684 + 1.1394 29. Mark McNally Holden Commodore VE 1:12.0206 + 1.4916
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